firecracker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: firecracker	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for firecracker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
firecracker n firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing Synonym(s): firecracker, cracker, banger
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Firecracker \Fire"crack`er\, n. See {Cracker}., n., 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cracker \Crack"er\ (kr[acr]k"[etil]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, cracks. 2. A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.] What cracker is this same that deafs our ears? --Shak. 3. A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- often called {firecracker}. 4. A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker. 5. A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. --Bartlett. 6. (Zo[94]l.) The pintail duck. 7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. --Knight.